Popcorn-like parasites, ghostly crustaceans, and creepy worms are among the 14 new species that have recently been found in ...

Metazoan parasites represent a diverse assemblage of organisms, including flatworms (monogeneans and digeneans), cestodes, nematodes and acanthocephalans, which colonise a range of freshwater fish ...

In its second major collection, published in the Biodiversity Data Journal, over 20 researchers from around the world came ...

Scientists in Europe have updated the knowledge around parasites in fish based on available surveillance data. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific opinion also evaluated methods for ...

Two species of fish-borne parasites have been found in freshwater fish routinely caught for consumption. Researchers say people could be eating the fish in ways that are conducive to transmission. The ...

The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and ...

ATLANTA — A parasitic worm spread by contaminated rats and worms has been found in Atlanta, according to new research published in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal. The parasitic ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or recognize the danger of an oncoming semitruck. What kills her is the impact ...

White-tailed deer host these brain worms, but they don’t actually get the disease, which makes it harder for biologists to ...